Expiring a manufacturer

If you want to deactivate a manufacturer record without deleting its history, such as for a manufacturer that has gone out of business, you can expire the manufacturer. The manufacturer's information remains on file for you to access, but the manufacturer can no longer be used in Infor Public Sector. You cannot create any new records in Infor Public Sector that reference an expired record. You can also expire a manufacturer record by adding an expire date to the record using the Manufacturer InfoViewer.

Note: When you expire a record, Infor Public Sector enters the current date as the expiration date. Records expire at midnight on the expiration date, so the record will still be active in the system until the next day.
  1. Select Resources > Manufacturer and Vendor > Lookup Manufacturers.
  2. Look up the manufacturer that you want to expire.
  3. Select the correct manufacturer in the grid.
    You can select more than one manufacturer to expire.
  4. Click Action and select Expire Manufacturer.
  5. Specify the expiration date for the manufacturer in the Expired field.
  6. Click OK.
    Infor Public Sector assigns an expiration date to the manufacturer. After the manufacturer record expires, the record remains in your system but is no longer available for use in Infor Public Sector. To reinstate an expired manufacturer, remove the expiration date or extend it past the current date using the Manufacturer InfoViewer.